How to uninstall or remove linux-generic-lts-xenial software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to uninstall or remove linux-generic-lts-xenial software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

You can uninstall or removes an installed linux-generic-lts-xenial package itself from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) through the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get remove linux-generic-lts-xenial 

Uninstall linux-generic-lts-xenial including dependent package

If you would like to remove linux-generic-lts-xenial and it's dependent packages which are no longer needed from Ubuntu,

$ sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove linux-generic-lts-xenial 
Use Purging linux-generic-lts-xenial

If you use with purge options to linux-generic-lts-xenial package all the configuration and dependent packages will be removed.

$ sudo apt-get purge linux-generic-lts-xenial 

If you use purge options along with auto remove, will be removed everything regarding the package, It's really useful when you want to reinstall again.

$ sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove linux-generic-lts-xenial 

See Also,

How to install linux-generic-lts-xenial software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?